A Bold Critique of Fulbright and USIA Budget Cuts
A conservative view argues Senator Fulbright plans to slash USIA funding by over 20 percent, weaken Voice of America, and cites a clash over confidential country planning papers. The piece cites Fulbright's stature, director Shakespeare, and a 9-4 committee vote to cut Fiscal 1973 authorization from 200.2 million to 155 million, noting potential Senate floor action.
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House
Senate
Arkansas
United States Information Agency
Voice of America
Fulbright
Frank Shakespeare
USIA
Shakespeare
James Buckley
New York
Bruce Herschensohn
Herschensohn
White House
Foreign Relations Committee
Voice of Arm
Fulbrigs
Portugal
Albania
VOA
Russia
China
Arab Republic
United States
The Athens Messenger History and Editorial Team
The Athens Messenger lists its publisher, editorial staff, and historic leadership lineage. It notes 43 West Union Street Athens Ohio as the paper base with founders and successors from 1825 through 1965 and names Frederick W Bush Gordon K Bush G Ke Fred W Weber M W McDargh Charles W Reamer and Richard R Paynter in key roles.
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the Messenger Publishing Company
West Union Street
Athens
Ohio
Frederick W. Bush
Gordon K. Bush
Nner Bush
Charles W. Reamer
Richard R. Paynter
The
Associated Press
D&s
West Virginia
U.S
Possessions
Messenger Publishing Co
W. Union St
Life Insurance Costs Guide Shakes Industry Says Pennsylvania
The state published life insurance cost data showing wide variations across 166 companies and 95 percent of the market. The guide ranks firms by cost and value, noting larger companies often score worse than smaller rivals. Dr. Herbert S. Denenberg calls it the first consumer accessible guide.
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Pennsylvania
United States
Herbert S. Denenberg
National Underwriters Co
Cincinnati
Dr. Denenberg
Pennsylvania State Insurance Department
Harrisburg
McGovern Seen as Tough Contender Despite Early Doubts
After a Medford breakfast with George McGovern, Lt. Gov. Bill Dougherty affirmed the candidate’s toughness and predicted a race upset. The piece traces McGovern’s unlikely rise from South Dakota party organizer to national contender and questions how perception shifted since New Hampshire and Massachusetts contests.
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Boston
Knights of Columbus
Medford
Mass
George McGovern
South Dakota
Bill Dougherty
S.O.B
Hubert Humphrey
Dougherty
America
Ed Muskie
New England
McGovern
Muskie
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
George Stanley McGovern
Organized Labor
Northwestern University
Washington
George Wallace
Chicago
Robert Sam Anson
Anson
U.S. Senate
Senate
Congress
White House
Wisconsin
Patrick J. Lucey
United States
Letter to the Editor praises O'Bleness Hospital and doctors
John W. Bolin of Athens writes about his dual visits to O'Bleness Hospital since 1972. He commends the doctors for long hours and effective care, notes recent improvements in X ray and pathology departments, and urges support for the hospital and its staff.
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the Messenger
O’bleness Hospital
Medical Brotherhood
Athens
Athens Education Association backs 5 mill renewal levy
The Athens Education Association endorses the 5 mill renewal levy for the Athens City School District in the May primary. The levy, effective since 1967, provides 139000 dollars this year, about 17 percent of local school millage, funding heating utilities cleaning textbooks salaries bus and maintenance. It thanks residents of Athens Chauncey The Plains and surrounding areas for past support.
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the Messenger
Athens City
Athens Education Association
Athens
Chauncey
the Plains
Athens School District to vote on 5 mill levy renewal
On Tuesday citizens in the Athens City School District will decide on renewing a 5 mill levy. The American Association of University Women endorses the renewal urging voters to support the levy for the welfare of children.
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the Messenger
Athens City
American Association of University Women
McGovern Risks Becoming Democratic Goldwater
Washington insight analyzes George McGovern’s 1972 bid, arguing his campaign’s moralizing, purity rhetoric risks alienating centrists and the broader party. It notes Muskie Humphrey centrists, Johnson’s exit, and warns of a self-limiting, partisan image if attacks on the center persist.
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Washington
George McGovern
The
New Democrat
McGovern
Muskie
Maine
Richard Nixon
Larry O’brien
Humphrey
Lyndon Johnson
White House
Vietnam
Goldwater
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J. William Fulbright
the Athens Messenger
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M. W. McDargh
Metropolitan
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Travelers
Aetna
David S. Broder
L. A. Times
Washington Post News Service
Dakota Wesleyan
Democratic Party of
Small Society
Brickman
O’ Bleness
Athens Levy
Joseph Kraft
Democratic Party
Comore
Joyce Maynard
Yale
Berlin
N. H
New York Times
Establishment Center
Lockheed
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